Microsoft Recognizes Critical Role of Software in Understanding, Managing and Reducing Companies? Impact on the Environment

Microsoft discusses how companies are turning to business management software to unlock the ?convenient truth? that can drive their environmental initiatives.
(CSRwire) MUNICH, Germany? At Convergence 2006 EMEA, Satya Nadella, corporate vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions at Microsoft Corp., discussed how European businesses are looking to supply chain management and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software as key tools for achieving environmental initiatives in their companies. As part of his speech, Nadella revealed the results of a survey conducted in Europe by AMR Research* that showed an increase in IT spending to reduce environmental impact. The key points from the study show the following: